[Bug 1978129] Re: Incomplete support for DT_RELR relocations on Ubuntu 22.04

[Frank Heimes]

** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu Kinetic)
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

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Title:
  Incomplete support for DT_RELR relocations on Ubuntu 22.04

Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
  New
Status in binutils package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in binutils source package in Jammy:
  New
Status in binutils source package in Kinetic:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Matheus Salgueiro Castanho <mscastanho at ibm.com> - 2022-06-09 09:32:29 ==
  ---Problem Description---
  Latest glibc uses DT_RELR relocations, but linker support is incomplete as of binutils-2.38-3ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 22.04. It lacks the following fix integrated into the upstream 2.38 branch:
   
  PowerPC64 DT_RELR relative reloc addresses
  https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=e4a35c7319628045302d4c597cb27f1b0a08c858

  As mentioned in the binutils mailing list when this patch was discussed, this fixes several glibc regressions:
  https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2022-March/119921.html
   
  Contact Information = Matheus Castanho/mscastanho at ibm.com 
   
  ---uname output---
  N/A
   
  Machine Type = N/A 
   
  ---Debugger---
  A debugger is not configured
   
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   git clone git://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
  mkdir build && cd build
  ../glibc/configure --prefix=/usr && make -j8 && make check
   
  Userspace tool common name: binutils 
   
  The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit 

  Userspace rpm: binutils

  Userspace tool obtained from project website:  na 
   
  *Additional Instructions for Matheus Castanho/mscastanho at ibm.com:
  -Attach ltrace and strace of userspace application.

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